- Likewise, after melanin aggregation in DCUs, the skin appears green through xanthophore ( yellow ) filtering of scattered light from the iridophore layer.
- These dermal chromatophore units ( DCU ) consist of an uppermost xanthophore or erythrophore layer, then an iridophore layer, and finally a basket-like melanophore layer with processes covering the iridophores.
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